The Daily Tar HeelFriday, September 4, 19373
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Oy JEANNIE FAR1S
City Editor
The North Carolina Supreme
Court gave the proposed $19 million
Rosemary Square project the final
judicial OK yesterday to begin
construction.
A group of 15 residents filed a
lawsuit against Chapel Hill and the
developer of the project on the
grounds that the town would violate
the N.C. Constitution by entering
into a joint venture with a private
developer. The town had agreed to
pay $3.3 million for 125 of the
complex's 516 parking spaces.
Fraser Development Co. of North
Carolina developed the project and
is scheduled to close its contract with
the town in December, provided that
the 5-4 town council endorsement still
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By CHARLA PRICE
Staff Writer
Student Government has proposed
a tutoring program that would offer
free assistance to students who need
academic help as well as academic
credit to those who help them.
Students are now working with
UNC administrators to establish
guidelines for the 'program. As soon
as the project receives administrative
approval, the Student Congress will
launch a full-scale, cohesive tutoring
program throughout the University.
Organizers said Thursday they
hope the program will be imple
mented in fall 1988.
Now, students who want tutors
must approach graduate or post
graduate students for assistance.
Many students are not aware of
the tutoring option and don't know
how to contact a tutor, said Fifi
Kashani-Sabet, chairperson of the
Tutoring Committee.
Most tutors charge fees of $5 to
You and your Carolina student can benefit
greatly from owning a condominium within
walking distance of the UNC campus. Parents
have discovered that the housing market in
Chapel Hill has resulted in value appreciation for
condominium owners during the two or more
years they have students at Carolina. And Mill
Creek offers its residents a wholesome environ
ment and amenities that are unequalled in
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Residents enjoy a swimming pool and tennis
courts on premises. Each condominium has a
washer-dryer, full kitchen and carpeting. The lo
cation is 700 Airport Road, V-mile from the
intersection of Columbia and Franklin Streets
Mill Creek Condominiums
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stands in favor of the project. Con
struction of the project should begin
in six months, said Walter Daniels,
chief executive officer.
"The court ruled that there was no
joint venture," Daniels said. "We
always felt that the claims were utterly
frivolous. They were created to delay
and cause harm to the project. "
Ed Hinsdale, who represented the
opponents of the project before the
lawsuit, said the traffic in the nearby
historic district will be unmanageable.
I know that I'm very, very sad for
the people to have to use Rosemary
Street and surrounding streets
because it will be a colossal jam," he
said.
Thomas Erwin, the lawyer repres
enting the opponents in court,
declined comment Thursday night.
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$7 an hour, and the cost can be a
hardship for undergraduates who
have no steady source of income.
Kashani-Sabet hopes that if the
program is approved, a campus-wide
tutoring program, along with a
tutorial council to guide it, can be
established.
Tutors who want to apply for the
proposed program must have a
quality point average of 3.0 and a
grade point average of 3.5 in the
course they wish to tutor.
To receive 3 hours credit for
tutoring, students will have to tutor
a student 2 to 3 hours a week. They
will also have to audit a class in the
department in which they are tutoring
or a class related to teaching in the
School of Education.
Auditing a class involves attending
the class regularly and reviewing the
class at the end of the semester.
Tutors would not be responsible
for any assignments in the class they
are auditing because the weekly
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Chapel Hill Mayor Pro Tem Bill
Thorpe said that although the resi
dents lost the case, they must have
raised some viable questions about
joint ventures if they took the case
to the N.C. Supreme Court.
But Thorpe has supported the
project from the beginning. "I said
all along that when it goes to the
court, they're going to look at the
facts. The Supreme Court can't play
games." ;
After the lawsuit? was dismissed
from the Orange County Superior
Court, the plaintiffs requested in
February that the case go to the state
Court of Appeals. But the Supreme
Court granted a request by Chapel
Hill and Fraser Co. to review the
appeal as soon as possible, bypassing
the lower court.
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tutoring will compensate for outside
class assignments. '
Students who want to be tutored
must have a GPA of 2.5 or lower
in the course for which they are
requesting help.
According to the proposal, both
parties would sign contracts confirm
ing their commitment to the program,
and a breach of the contract would
result in disciplinary action by the
tutorial council.
Research for the proposal revealed
that many universities offer free
tutorial programs to their students.
"I'm surprised that UNC, with its
outstanding academic reputation, has
not incorporated a campus-wide
tutoring system like the one we are
proposing," Kashani-Sabet said.
The initial proposal by Student
Government is still being reviewed by
administrators, who are making
additional clarifications on the pro
posed program.,
Dean Elson Floyd, a General
In the Southern Part
of Heaven,
prayers
about student housing
are being answered
by Mill Creek
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and one block from a major grocery store.
Owning a Mill Creek condominium is not only
great for students, but also for parents, who, as
owners, gain a comforting solution to housing
problems that may otherwise arise each year. Tax
benefits, moderate interest rates, and apprecia
tion potential make Mill Creek a good
investment as well as a one-time solution to
housing problems. Prices range from the high
seventies.Three buildings with 43 units have
been occupied by neighbors and friends. Two
more buildings are under construction.
; Investigating Mill Creek will be a positive edu
cational experience.
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"The project has been reviewed on
many occasions by a variety of public
agencies . . . now it's been reviewed
by our entire court system," Daniels
said. "We believe the merits of the
project have held up under heavy
scrutiny."
"What we have done here is create
a model of public and private coop
eration," Daniels said. "We have
provided a model for other munic
ipalities to follow to attract private
business to downtown
developments."
Private sector projects are gener
ally better than those of the public
sector, he said. "They're of higher
quality and they have more freedom
and flexibility than the public projects
do."
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College adviser who is working with
Student Government on the prop
osal, said he is glad that students are
working with the Office of Academic
Affairs on the project.
"I am excited about the proposal
and developing a fairly comprehen
sive tutorial program for the Univer
sity," Floyd said.
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Council member Julie Andresen
originally opposed the proposed
Rosemary Square in a 54 town
council vote, saying it should be in
another location. The project would
bring valuable retail business down
town, she said, but the parking lot
opposite University Square would be
more accessible than the location
behind Franklin Street.
The project will convert the 130
space parking lot on Rosemary Street
behind NCNB Plaza to an under-
Housing
each housing area.
"We're not going to throw it all
in one massive pile," Clark said. v
In addition to saving time and
manpower, Clark said the computer
ization will provide more privacy in
the lottery. Instead of a public
drawing from a barrel of names, a
letter would inform students of their
acceptance or rejection.
Another committee proposal
would increase the penalty charged
for late contract cancellations from
$25 to about $100.
By raising the penalty, the RHA
hopes to weed out students who are
not serious about living in dormito
ries and are using them as security
until they finalize their apartment
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ground lot for 516 cars. A pedestrian'
plaza will be developed on the site
so that Rosemary Street will be lined
with shops. Fraser Development Co.
will pay for road construction to
widen Henderson Street 10 feet by
eliminating parking places.
The alleyway behind NCNB Plaza
and other Franklin shops will also
be renovated. "When we get finished
with that alley, that will be the most
fun place to go in all of North
Carolina," Daniels said.
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"We're just asking people to make
the decision, not to sit on the side
of the fence," said Clark. ,
In order to maintain fairness with
the tougher policy, the RHA has also
recommended forming an appeals,
process to review good reasons for
late cancellations, such as financial
hardship.
The appeals committee would
consist of students and faculty or
housing department staff, in equal
numbers.
The RHA did not recommend
guaranteed sophomore housing,
according to the committee's
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